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@Caveat decided it was time for a Natalie Portman film festival and so this week our winner was Mike Nichols' Closer. This marks, I think, only the second time that we've returned to a director throughout the Movie Club's 21 week run.
Closer is directed by MIKE NICHOLS. Born in Berlin, Germany in 1931, he immigrated to the United States at only seven years old in order to escape Jewish oppression in Nazi Germany. His film career got started when he directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? . . . but that opportunity came only after a celebrated and distinguished career as a stage director. In fact, before moving into films he won multiple Tony awards, and Time Magazine even once called him "the most in-demand director in American theater."
Nichols developed a reputation as an auteur who liked to work closely with writers and actors, and he was also known for his talent in getting the best out of an actor, regardless of their experience level.
He's made several films that you've probably heard of but didn't realize who the director was: The Graduate (which garnered him an Oscar for Best Director), Working Girl, Regarding Henry, Wolf and Charlie Wilson's War, to name a few.
Nichols died in 2014.
Jude Law: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000179/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Natalie Portman: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000204/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Clive Owen: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654110/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Julia Roberts: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000210/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Premise: The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Budget: $27 million
Box Office: $115 million worldwide
* At the beginning of filming, Natalie Portman gave 'Julia Roberts' a necklace that said "cunt" in honor of their characters' foul mouths. At the end of filming, Julia Roberts gave Natalie Portman a necklace that said "lil' cunt".
* The role of Alice was set to be Eva Green's Hollywood movie debut, but she dropped out at the last minute.
* Anna's exhibition is the only time all four characters are in the same room.
* Cate Blanchett was originally signed to play the role of Anna, but due to her second pregnancy she had to drop out of the film.
* Clive Owen played the role of Dan in the original stage production.
* The original Broadway production of "Closer" by Patrick Marber opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 15, 1999.
* 2nd time Jude Law and Natalie Portman were together on screen. 1st was their small scene in Cold Mountain (2003).
* The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman and two Oscar nominees: Jude Law and Clive Owen.
* The film stays very true to the original play upon which it is based, with one major exception. The play closed with Dan and Anna speaking briefly on a park bench, several years after Alice and Dan's breakup. Dan tells her that Alice had been hit by a car in New York City and had died, and that he was the only one authorities could find to identify her body. However, the film closes showing Alice alive, well and confidently walking the streets of Manhattan--BUT, the very last shot as she's walking across a road in Manhattan is a pan/tilt up to a red "DON'T WALK" signal, thus hinting that her fate as in the play will be fulfilled.
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http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/could-a-sherdog-movie-watching-club-work.3237221/
@Caveat decided it was time for a Natalie Portman film festival and so this week our winner was Mike Nichols' Closer. This marks, I think, only the second time that we've returned to a director throughout the Movie Club's 21 week run.
Our Director
Closer is directed by MIKE NICHOLS. Born in Berlin, Germany in 1931, he immigrated to the United States at only seven years old in order to escape Jewish oppression in Nazi Germany. His film career got started when he directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? . . . but that opportunity came only after a celebrated and distinguished career as a stage director. In fact, before moving into films he won multiple Tony awards, and Time Magazine even once called him "the most in-demand director in American theater."
Nichols developed a reputation as an auteur who liked to work closely with writers and actors, and he was also known for his talent in getting the best out of an actor, regardless of their experience level.
He's made several films that you've probably heard of but didn't realize who the director was: The Graduate (which garnered him an Oscar for Best Director), Working Girl, Regarding Henry, Wolf and Charlie Wilson's War, to name a few.
Nichols died in 2014.
Our Stars
Jude Law: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000179/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Natalie Portman: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000204/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Clive Owen: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654110/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Julia Roberts: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000210/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Film Overview and YouTube Videos
Premise: The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Budget: $27 million
Box Office: $115 million worldwide
Trivia
(courtesy of IMDB)
(courtesy of IMDB)
* At the beginning of filming, Natalie Portman gave 'Julia Roberts' a necklace that said "cunt" in honor of their characters' foul mouths. At the end of filming, Julia Roberts gave Natalie Portman a necklace that said "lil' cunt".
* The role of Alice was set to be Eva Green's Hollywood movie debut, but she dropped out at the last minute.
* Anna's exhibition is the only time all four characters are in the same room.
* Cate Blanchett was originally signed to play the role of Anna, but due to her second pregnancy she had to drop out of the film.
* Clive Owen played the role of Dan in the original stage production.
* The original Broadway production of "Closer" by Patrick Marber opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 15, 1999.
* 2nd time Jude Law and Natalie Portman were together on screen. 1st was their small scene in Cold Mountain (2003).
* The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman and two Oscar nominees: Jude Law and Clive Owen.
* The film stays very true to the original play upon which it is based, with one major exception. The play closed with Dan and Anna speaking briefly on a park bench, several years after Alice and Dan's breakup. Dan tells her that Alice had been hit by a car in New York City and had died, and that he was the only one authorities could find to identify her body. However, the film closes showing Alice alive, well and confidently walking the streets of Manhattan--BUT, the very last shot as she's walking across a road in Manhattan is a pan/tilt up to a red "DON'T WALK" signal, thus hinting that her fate as in the play will be fulfilled.
Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @EL CORINTHIAN @HUNTERMANIA @iThrillhouse @Zer @DaDamn @chickenluver @gorgonon @jeicex @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @BeardotheWeirdo @Caveat @method115 @blkjack @Black Angus @melvinj0